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Visionaries and Resources

People

Vandana Shiva

Elaine Ingham - Soil Science

Lynn Margulis - Symbiosis, Evolutionary Theory, Gaia Theory

Ernst Gotsch - Syntropic Agroforestry

Namasté - Syntropic Agroforestry

Scott Hall - Syntropic Agroforestry

Anastassia Makarieva - Biotic Pump

Leah Penniman - Regenerative Agriculture, Food and Social Justice

Katrina Blair - Wild Foraging, Human Health, Ecology

Bill Zeedyk - Water Retention Landscape Design

Brad Lancaster - Water Retention Landscape Design

Suzanne Simard - Forest Soil Fungi Communication Networks

Dr Akira Miyawaki - Miyawaki Reforestation

Shubhendu Sharma & Gaurav Gurjar - Miyawaki Reforestation

Sophie Strand - https://sophiestrand.com

John Liu - Climate, Ecology, Sociology, History

Peter McCoy - Mycology Research and Education

Giuliana Furci - Mycology Policy and Education

Gabor Maté - Human Health

Natalie Topa - Ecological, Food, Water, and Economic Security

Ashleigh Brown - Regenerative Agriculture

Zach Weiss - Water Cycle Restoration

Gabriel Crawford - Ecological Anthropology

Ash Ritter - Ethnobotanist - Black Sage Botanicals

Rajendra Singh - Water Cycle Restoration

Sepp Holzer - Water Cycle Restoration

Geoff Lawton - Permaculture and Food Forestry

Jim Laurie - Climate/Ecology Science

Peter Bunyard - Climate Science

Ben Falk - Permaculture Strategy/Philosophy

David Montgomery - Soil Science/History



Life-Affirming Technologies

Landscape Water Retention

Syntropic Agriculture

Miyawaki Reforestation

Food Forestry

Regenerative Grazing

The Ancient Form of Milpa

Natural Building (Cob, Adobe, Wattle and Daub, Straw Bale, Straw Slip)

Documentaries

Green gold - John Liu

Inhabitants

Kiss the Ground

Life in Syntropy - https://youtu.be/gSPNRu4ZPvE

Jadhev Peyang - Forest Man

Taking Root - The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Eating Ourselves to Death

Reviving Rivers w Rajendra Singh - https://youtu.be/vDGlR4T8d6o

Follow The Drinking Guord https://kweli.tv



Websites

Ernst Gotsch Website

www.agendagotsch.com/en/


Scott Hall Website

www.syntropia.com.au/


Biodiversity for a Livable Climate

www.bio4climate.org


Bio4Climate Miyawaki Forests Page with Resources

www.bio4climate.org/miyawaki-forest-2/


Eco Universidade (Epic Brazilian Eco University)

www.ecouniversidade.com/


Afforestt

www.afforestt.com


Soul Fire Farm (Leah Penniman)

www.soulfirefarm.org


Mycology Resources

www.shroomery.org


Turtle Lake Refuge (Katrina Blair)

www.turtlelakerefuge.org/


Ecosystem Restoration Camps

www.theglobalbridge.org/ecosystem-restoration-camps/


John D. Liu

www.knaw.academia.edu/JohnDLiu


Syntropics English Resources

www.adam.nz/2019/syntropic-resources/


Urban Forests - Miyawaki Reforestation

www.urban-forests.com/miyawaki-method/


Ancient Form of Milpa

www.mayaforestgardeners.org/farming/milpa-cycle/


Forum Network - Life Saves the Planet Series

www.forum-network.org/series/life-saves-planet/


Acacia Seed Germination

www.environmentalsciencepro.com/f/acacia-seed-germination-technique


Whole Systems Design (Ben Falk)

https://www.wholesystemsdesign.com/ 



Podcasts

Regenerative Skills Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/08weC4gCki6odGaU3UM6oI?si=t2doZ9b3SdOJQ82gO5R05Q


Indigenous Rights Radio

https://rights.culturalsurvival.org/en/taxonomy/term/7


Life in the Soil Audio Podcast

https://rilliglab.org/podcast/


Mongabay

https://youtu.be/nGM7T_XvVcg


Abundant Edge Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/natalie-topa-on-emergency-regeneration-for-communities/id1199230234?i=1000557680383


Green Dreamer 

https://greendreamer.com


Reversing Climate Change Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reversing-climate-change/id1321759767


Indian Regenerative Agroforestry Conversation

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fsuAvtFmtND29bzRNU870


Abundant Edge Podcast on Miyawaki Reforestation with Shubhendu Sharma

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-grow-mature-native-forest-in-just-few-years/id1199230234?i=1000465591298


Afforestation Now with Shubhendu Sharma

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shubhendu-sharma-hyperspeed-afforestation-now/id1566983927?i=1000532035712


Leah Penniman Commons Groundswell Podcast

https://www.agrariantrust.org/commons-groundswell/


Bioneers Rights of Nature

https://bioneers.org/legalizing-natures-rights-tribal-nations-leading-fastest-growing-environmental-movement-history/


Gabe Crawford - Plants and Place

https://open.spotify.com/show/38mpfZ67Fi5wmdB4T9syC2


Marc Leiber Syntropic Agroforestry

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GTVprqmDv3KUIqSIG2a7g

Videos

Ancient Form of Milpa

https://youtu.be/96rIEVptFwo


Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't - Intro To Identifying Flowering Plants

https://youtu.be/Z314Njbw5k0


Ernst Götsch - Water can be Planted

https://agendagotsch.com/en/water-can-be-planted-video/


Using Miyawake Method to Rapidly Rewild the World

https://youtu.be/qpfTRwt-MdA


Water Stories (youtube channel)

- Water Cycle Restoration

https://youtu.be/FI1NcVTpxjg


- Earth Surgery Water Cycle Work

https://youtu.be/1lQ9DQs-WV8


Anastassia Makarieva Biotic Pump 1: Global Cooling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDvVQOTuOw


Anastassia Makarieva Biotic Pump 2: Water Cycles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQNsl2WT_Q


Namastê Messerschmidt Interview

https://youtu.be/iRsaAcGRRvA


Geoff Lawton 2,000 Year Old food Forest Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-b_C7a_es


Afforestt Miyawaki Reforestation Tutorials

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDw6OmGaV5rnOCATIho19IcvpF2eqsG_6


Temperate Zone Syntropic Agroforestry

https://youtu.be/KfuC_T-eXL0


Bamboo Guru

https://youtu.be/C5Ke83_QKtk


Staining Mycorrhizae for Microscope

https://youtu.be/m9FzmL0Zs3A


Ben Falk Permaculture Philosophy/Strategy

https://youtu.be/2pcRdXRJ9hE 



Life-Affirming Books

Microcosmos

- Lynn Margulis


Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture

- Vandana Shiva


Mini-Forest Revolution (Miyawaki)

- Hannah Lewis


The Healing Power of Forests

- Dr Akira Miyawaki


Campesino A Campesino: Voices from Latin America's Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable Agriculture

- Eric Holt-Gimenez


Illustrated Guide to Agroforestry

https://agroflorestaemquadrinhos.wordpress.com/


Maya Forest Garden: Eight Millennia of Sustainable Cultivation of the Tropical Woodlands

- Anabel Ford, Ronald Nigh


Let the Water do the Work

- Bill Zeedyk, Van Clothier


Sweet in Tooth and Claw

- Kristin Ohlson


Braiding Sweetgrass

- Robin Wall Kimmerer


Farming While Black

- Leah Penniman


The Wild Wisdom of Weeds

- Katrina Blair


Radical Mycology

- Peter McCoy


Entangled Life

- Merlin Sheldrake


The Rediscovery of North America

- Barry Lopez


Power and Place

- Vine Deloria Jr., Daniel Wildcat


Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

- Suzann Simard


Climate Chaos (Spanish only - English translation in PDF)

- Peter Bunyard


1) In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

2) When the Body Says No

3) The Myth of Normal

- Gabor Maté


The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation: From Seed to Tissue Culture

- Michael Dirr



Reports and Papers

Syntropic Agriculture

https://modernfarmer.com/2023/05/syntropic-agriculture-boosts-soil-vitality-using-the-wisdom-of-the-forest/


Miyawaki Mini Forests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/13/fast-growing-mini-forests-spring-up-in-europe-to-aid-climate


Building Climate Stability

https://www.sir.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/articles/building-climate-stability


Forest Gardens of Indigenous Europe Article

https://www.shelterwoodforestfarm.com/blog/the-lost-forest-gardens-of-europe


Fast-Growing Mini Forests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/13/fast-growing-mini-forests-spring-up-in-europe-to-aid-climate


Biotic Pump Theory

https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/11/1013/2007/hess-11-1013-2007.pdf

Organizations

Biodiversity for a Livable Climate

https://www.bio4climate.org


EcoRestoration Alliance

https://www.ecorestorationalliance.org/


The Farmers Land Trust, Inc

thefarmerslandtrust.org


Community Environment Legal Defense Fund

https://celdf.org/


Schumacher Center for a New Economics

https://www.centerforneweconomics.org/

 

Honor the Earth

https://www.honorearth.org/


Sustainable Harvest International

https://www.sustainableharvest.org/million-farm-transformation


The Sweetgrass Foundation - Funding

http://thesweetgrassfoundation.org


REDES

https://www.facebook.com/REDESecovillage/


Green Belt Movement

https://www.greenbeltmovement.org/


Afforestt

https://www.afforestt.com/


SUGI

https://www.sugiproject.com/


Mongol Tribe

http://www.mongoltribe.org/


Legado Chile

https://legadochile.cl/inicio/


Fundacion Fungi

https://www.ffungi.org/


Society for Ecological Restoration

https://www.ser.org/


Global Landscape Forum

https://www.globallandscapesforum.org/


Common Land Foundation - Ecorestoration Capital Development Model 

https://www.commonland.com/


NAFEX - North American Fruit Explorers

https://nafex.org/

Projects

OHTAY - One Hundred Trees A Year

EcoRestoration Camps

A Black Commons

Farmland Commons Movement

Land Back Movement

Rights of Nature

Just Transition Movement

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